Fox plans to succeed “American Idol” with new singing competition “The Four,” executives announced Tuesday at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour. Also during the Beverly Hilton media event, reality boss Rob Wade provided a pretty great summary of the complicated Israeli format adaptation, which will not be ready for American airwaves until 2018.
“It’s basically like ‘Game of Thrones,’ with better singing and less nudity,” he quipped.
Wade also called the concept “brilliantly dramatic, exciting and spontaneous” — but hyping new alternative series is kind of his job. Fox Television Group chairman and CEO Dana Walden added that she probably won’t put “The Four” up against ABC’s “Idol” reboot and NBC’s “The Voice.”